Duskfire Glacier iqaluk

It was good to have their names, and the blessing of their village leader. Kigipigak would take those names to Shikoba and together they would decide what to do with them.

Boys needed to learn their roles, and now was the perfect time. Issorartuyok spoke of them as being nearly a year, which in Tartok terms would have made them ready to take on their life-names; it was also a time of change, where each would transition to their adult roles.

It is good! That is how a boy should be. Kigipigak grinned and let out a small chuckle, and nodded. I will find my sivullik and when I have an answer for you, I will return here.

His meal complete, he scattered some dirt across the remains and then some snow. He wondered if Shikoba was busy with the women's camp or with the hunters — she was somehow in both circles, which would mean Kigipigak's hunt for her would take some time.

When I return, who do I call for?